Sen. Robert Byrd has returned to the to the chamber where he served more than a half-century for one final visit. A hearse bearing the remains of the late West Virginia Democrat, who served in Congress longer than anyone else in the nation's history, arrived this morning in front of the long marble stairway leading to the Senate chamber.

Byrd's body will remain in the Senate chamber today for colleagues and the public to pay respects. The last time the Senate chamber served such a purpose was for North Dakota Republican William Langer in 1959, the year Byrd entered the Senate.

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We're all human but this peckerwood was a disgrace to this country.... and his KKK face made me sick every time I saw it over the years...

It’s entirely appropriate that Byrd LIE in repose in the Senate chamber. After all, this entire parliament of whores have honed LYING into a fine art form that can continue to be practiced even after death.

As I suggested earlier, they should turn the catafalque upside down so it resembles a pig trough and then place the casket inside it. That would be a fitting tribute for a man who viewed every federal dollar spent outside of West Virginia to be wasted.

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posted on 07/01/2010 8:52:25 AM PDT
by Non-Sequitur
(Abraham Lincoln: For when it happened too long ago to blame on George W. Bush)

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